Eryxias by Plato audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Eryxias, a short Socratic dialogue traditionally transmitted under Plato's name (though often considered spurious), Socrates steps into the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios and is drawn into a sharp public argument about money and the good life. Eryxias is confident that material prosperity is plainly beneficial: with enough silver, he insists, a person can secure comfort, influence, and freedom from want. Critias, less impressed, counters that wealth can just as easily amplify vice, feed reckless desires, and bring new dangers in its wake. As the discussion tightens, Socrates presses both men to say what wealth is for, what makes anything genuinely useful, and whether value belongs to objects by nature or only by social agreement. Each example meant to defend riches becomes a test case, as Socrates separates possessing resources from possessing wisdom, and asks whether buying what helps you is the same as being helped. The conversation turns into an early meditation on ethics and economics, challenging listeners to examine what they call 'profit' and what they are truly seeking when they chase more.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

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